Proposed spending by school districts

Tuesday is decision day on budgets in nine Long Island school districts. Voters will give
thumbs-up or down to reoffered spending plans, after district residents rejected initial
budgets offered in mid-May. A second defeat would mean freezing of a district's tax levy
at the current level, which school officials have said could lead to staffing cuts and
trims in student programs and services.

The Elmont school district, an elementary-only district on the Nassau/Queens border, still is seeking to pierce its tax cap
and must have its revised budget passed by 60 percent of those casting votes.